17-08-2024, 02:22 PM
Putting 50% of their benefit where it can only be spent on certain things and probably at certain stores sounds like a golden handshake for those retailers who suck up to the government sufficiently to gain that privilege.
What happens to those whose rent exceeds 50% of their benefit, or whose utilities costs fall into that same situation. Why should those that aim to improve their spending power by purchasing secondhand through the likes of Trade Me, FB, Neighbourly, etc be targeted?
What happens to those whose rent exceeds 50% of their benefit, or whose utilities costs fall into that same situation. Why should those that aim to improve their spending power by purchasing secondhand through the likes of Trade Me, FB, Neighbourly, etc be targeted?